Raisa is a sophomore in high school, and tells her therapist that the girls in her class are bullying her with insults like “slut” and “whore.” Her... Read more

Any therapist who works with kids will tell you that incorporating play in therapy is a great way to break the ice, reduce anxiety, and strengthen the... Read more

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Dr. Sue Johnson has revolutionized the field of couple therapy. Through her decades of research and innovative approaches, she has harnessed the power of... Read more

Psychotherapy Networker’s Lauren Dockett speaks with influential art and expressive art therapist Cathy Malchiodi about the broadening of her her field, how... Read more

In our stressful, tech-obsessed, and data-based world, psychologist Joan Borysenko reminds us that the nonlinear, nonquantitative wisdom of the heart and... Read more

In today’s challenging environment—when racial and sexual violence, rising inequity, and reactivity are erupting everywhere—our society seems... Read more

There’s a growing convergence of opinion from a range of disciplines challenging the traditional idea of the unitary personality in favor of the view... Read more

While we all know that success in therapy depends on the therapist–client relationship, building that positive rapport hinges on behaviors many... Read more

In this workshop recording, interpersonal neurobiology expert Daniel Siegel will explore how advances across a range of disciplines—including brain... Read more

With all the hundreds of models and interventions practitioners use and the vast range of disorders they treat, attachment science offers therapists a coherent... Read more

Today there’s growing interest in the use of psychedelic substances, once considered therapeutically off-limits, in the clinical treatment of PTSD... Read more

Twenty-five years after the publication of Pipher’s groundbreaking book Reviving Ophelia, the evidence suggests that many adolescent girls continue to... Read more

Ever enter the consulting room with a teen who doesn’t want to be there? If you work with teens, you know how tricky it can be to establish good... Read more

The work of therapy can’t begin in earnest if the client’s mind is racing with anxiety, fogged by depression, or so tense that the entire body is... Read more

Clinical psychologist and groundbreaking researcher Susan Johnson is the developer of Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), which focuses on uncovering and... Read more

In today’s fraught romantic and sexual landscape, women are taught to view sexiness as a status to be earned, an indicator that society has deemed them... Read more

Chronically suicidal clients present a special kind of stress for therapists: there’s not only the emotional stress of working with their pain, but the... Read more

Pornography these days is so plentiful, easy to access, and often free that it’s affecting the therapy field’s sex and porn addiction paradigm... Read more

In this address, Gabor Mate will discuss how in our hyper-stressed, materialistic society, physical and mental illness are not aberrations but natural outcomes... Read more

The past decade has brought new understanding about the neuroscience behind anxiety and fear. But how many of us can communicate this knowledge to clients in a... Read more

Our field has made great advances in understanding the impact of trauma on developing brains and what works—and doesn’t—to address it in... Read more

The world’s leading trauma researcher and author of the New York Times bestseller The Body Keeps the Score, Bessel van der Kolk has transformed... Read more

Most therapists understand that the extreme behaviors of people with a borderline personality disorder diagnosis are often strategies for survival... Read more

Recent surveys suggest that almost half of all couples can expect to face challenges associated with extramarital affairs (sexual and emotional) at some point... Read more

Although trauma often has the greatest impact our most intimate relationships, research shows that finding comfort in loved ones has the potential to undo much... Read more

In a world of dating apps that present seemingly limitless romantic possibilities, our clients often get stuck in “low accountability” intimate... Read more

Nothing defeats a therapist more than a client who’s numb or disconnected. When you ask why they’ve come for help, they may say, “I’m... Read more

By separating mind from body and the individual from the social environment, we limit our ability to address the roots of many of the emotional and physical... Read more

Ethics training can be dull. But this workshop, using The Musical of Snow White as a framework, embodies the idea that when you’re having fun, the... Read more